Hey all. I've come up with a strategy. I'm going to post a chapter ever 2-6 weeks. You wanna know why? Because I actually get more reviews from people! I'm a review hog. I like to here from people. So…start reviewing like crazy! Or you will wait in terror of what happens…lol
Words from the Wolf:
Who knew,
That a piece of paper changes everything?
Who knew,
That the tiniest words can be complicated to say?
Who knew,
That I'm sorry I wrote a sorry note?
Who knew,
That wanted to take it back?
Who knew,
That my world is flipping, destroying itself?
Who knew,
That a piece of paper changes everything?
Disclaimer: CCS characters belong to CLAMP.
Last Chapter:
"I don't know. I just know they never wanted to be planted in the ground and become moldy and decay. They…will fly…."
Bob was taping the exchange of words, amazed that a bunch of kids would talk about responsibility. He would have told the lady that this was no proof that there was Sakura Kinomoto was here, especially if you can't see her face, with that honey hair and emerald eyes, practically everyone knew. Bob was going to tell her that they should go, but then some boy with black spiked hair asked loudly, grabbing the attention of several in and out the arcade.
"What are you going to do now? I mean, as Sakura Kinomoto, your being hunted down by the media and your fans, and Tomoyo will be hunted with you. But what'll happen if they find you?"
The room turned awkwardly quiet….
Live the Life on the Rails
All were quiet, many heard the name, and all that was said, and sadly, the majority were Sakura fans. Miroku winced as he realized his mistakes, and looked to Sakura, though hidden behind glasses and a backwards cap, she could not hide her paling face but blushing cheeks. Then all hell broke lose.
People started yelling, "Sakura's here!" "Where is she?" "Will she sign my arm?" All the crazy fans headed to the group, and the reporter Bob dude took footage of the girl in black in the head of those running away from the mob, closely followed by the girl in blue, then the people they had been hanging with. He chased with the crowd of fans, everyone shouting "It's Sakura Kinomoto!" "Hurry, she went this way!"
Sakura was literally running for her life, but by the speed she was going, she looked like she was flying, and all the way she had a face like : She didn't know where to hide. She had so far gone through 5 clothing stores, 3 technology stores, 2 antique stores, and her favorite candy store, all up and down 5 level of the mall. She was quickly losing ideas and from the gaining fans, when she saw a restroom sign, and then a new thought popped up. She faked a full turn, running back into a corner jewelry shop, hiding behind small blooming bamboo trees next to the beam wall. The skater gang split up, which confused the fans into following their friends (who were covering them).
Her (skater) friends came to her hiding spot in the jewelry store, and they risked getting her across the passage lane (what do you call it? Not hall, aisle, corridor…), and they casually walked into the men's bathroom. When Teiji locked the door (they had checked to make sure no one else was there), all breathed a sigh of relief. Sakura sat against the wall on the floor, knees up but extended. Tomoyo stood beside her against the wall. Kenji was the first to break the silence of the rapid breathing.
"So Ying Fa, you always chased around like this? Or are we special to try it with you the first time? Cause I don't if this is the job for me…"
Sakura groaned and took off her glasses,
"They do this every time, but I never thought of going in the men's room. Why can't they leave a girl alone!"
Miroku looked to Sakura sorrowfully, apologizing,
"I'm so sorry, Sakura. If I had only kept my big mouth shut, you could have gone about the day a lot peacefully."
Sakura shook her head,
"No, Miroku. It's not your fault. Besides, I think we all needed that nice workout, don't you think?"
Everyone laughed at that one. Sure, nice workout, if you want to be chased down by 60 people or so who are crazy for a skater girl. Toshiro asked,
"So what do we do now? Your covers blown, and the second we leave the bathroom, your screwed."
Sakura thought, but sighed.
"Any ideas?"
None of them did. Sakura sighed, looking to the ceiling.
"If only there was a-"
It hit her. Sakura stopped talking. It was right there the whole time! She jumped up,
"I think I found our way out!"
Tomoyo looked up and understood. The guys faces 0.o, confused over the whole matter. Tomoyo pointed up.
"We can't go out, so we might aswell go up!"
They then saw the large air vent. Oh boy…
"Akemi, do you have your pocket knife?"
"Yeah. Here ya go Ying Fa."
"Thanks. Ok, I need two guys to lift both Tomoyo and I each up."
"Got you there. Up you go!"
Kenji and Toshiro lifted Sakura, and Kioshi and Akemi lifted Tomoyo (the girls aren't heavy. They need to distribute the weight.). Sakura slowly unscrewed the panel while Tomoyo held it to make sure it didn't fall to the boy's feet. It only took a minute for sakura to get the last screw out, and Tomoyo caught it on time. Sakura slowly breathed out,
"Alright. Tomoyo and I have to go through these vents and we will crawl our way to the garage and meet you back in there. See you soon!"
Kenji and Toshiro practically threw Sakura up, but she climbed the rest of the way in. Tomoyo followed, but nearly fell to the ground, had not Sakura grabbed her hands at the last second.
"Tomoyo, we really need to start that training Yelan said we're going on. I can barely hold on to you!"
With a small yelp, Tomoyo was up in the shaft, having landed on Sakura again, looking down at the boys. Sakura recovered, got up, and waved,
"Later!"
And they crawled carefully into the dark, semi-warm airshaft. The boys put the panel back on and slinked out the bathroom door like nothing happened, heading slowly to the garage. The girls were quiet and swift, and they were half way through the men's department store, when a lose panel gave way to Sakura's weight.
She fell down onto a rack, 2 boys with about 5 friends, one a girl, came up to her. She said dazedly,
"I me my strawberry eggoo…"
The 2 boys faces came into slight focus. One with familiar messy chocolate brown hair and dark amber eyes came closer and helped her gently. (he didn't know who the person was, as they were hiding their sex and identity, she was hiding her hair in her hat and eyes behind sunglasses)
"Are you alright? That was quite a…fall…What are you doing up there, hiding?"
Sakura didn't have time to say a thing, because one of her fans came running in at the sudden commotion,
"It's her! She's over here!"
Sakura groaned and cussed,
"Shit! Don't they ever stop! Hey, do you know where I an go to another vent?"
The boy with blue hair and black/blue eyes said calmly,
"The one right above you. But you'll need people to lift you up."
Sakura had no other choice. Show the world that she, Empress Ying Fa, was truly Sakura Kinomoto, or, trust the guys who have been playing tricks on her since the second day of the school year. She'd almost go for being discovered…really almost…She nodded,
"Will you help me? I mean…"
"By the way you hate those people, and they don't seem to be coming after someone who stole something, ya, we'll help. But one day, if we ever meet, we'll probably want a favor."
Sakura nodded again, than asked sheepishly,
"Can someone…distract them?"
The black haired girls smiled,
"I definitely will."
Before Sakura could say anything, the boy with dark amber eyes and the one with blue both lifted her on their shoulders, and she jumped up to vent, Tomoyo's hands shooting out of the dark, catching her. She breathed hard as she pulled Sakura up,
"Ya, I guess you're right about the working out part!"
When Sakura got in, she turned to thank the guys,
"Thanks! If you ever need that favor, ask Empress Ying Fa. Bye!"
Sakura scampered away with Tomoyo, again on hands and knees, crawling to the garage. Syaoran and Eriol were horrified,
"We helped…a friend of that stupid skater girl!" –(Syao)
"Who happened to be a friend of that Madison girl too…" –(Eriol)
"Hey, Eriol, do we really want a favor from them?" –(Syao)
"Well…we could torture them….ya never know…" –(Eriol)
"Let's see…have Shato-sensei rat them out till they cry. That will be very photogenic!"
"Yeah! Give some skin, Syao!"
Syaoran and his brother did a high five, grinning.
"That is so worth having them touch us. Now, let's get back to shopping! And Meiling's going to help us pick out snowboarding gear for the girls. I wonder why mom wants us out of the house so much for the past few days. Don't you?"
"Know what you mean. It's like she's hiding something. Maybe they're getting ready for the engagement or something…"
"Glad we're not there…why were so many women born into our family? It's torture!"
"Hell yeah..."
"Anyway, let's go…"
Back in the vent, Sakura and Tomoyo had slowly made their way to the garage. Sakura took away the removable panel, and then dropped to the ground without flinching. She looked to Tomoyo,
"You are not, I repeat, NOT, going to land on me again."
"I won't"
"Well, then jump!"
Tomoyo slid out of the vent, and for once landed on her feet. Sakura clapped her hands,
"Bravo! Now let's get before they leave us behind!"
They ran to Kenji's SUV, and found them sitting there in the heated vehicle, all practically bored to death. Akemi jabbered,
"What took you so long? We've been waiting for 30 minutes-"
"Actually, only 5 minutes."
"That's besides the point, Kioshi. Now, where was I?"
"That we have been only waiting for 5 seconds."
"K, thanks Toshiro. Like I was saying, we have been waiting for you two, and don't make us think you fell or something!"
Tomoyo glanced to a reddening Sakura, slightly giggling,
"Ok, Akemi. We are truly sorry for waiting valuable time when we could be at the indoor skate park. Can we go now with our heads still on?"
"Yes you may."
He moved so the two could climb to the back. While they headed out, Yelan's cell rang. Sakura answered,
"Moshi moshi, Sakura speaking."
Yelan's voice rang through the car,
#Hello, Sakura. I was wondering if you girls had lunch yet.#
"No. Normally neither Tomoyo nor I eat lunch most of the time. Except may be a bottle of soda or a smack. Why?"
#I was just making sure. But I want you two to at least it a little more than that…how about you eat some fast food?#
"Are you sure?"
#I'm positive. Now that that is settled, I did not have the…er…chance, to ask you girls if you would like to have a vacation, sorta away from Tomeda for a little.#
"Really! But we haven't even discussed the-"
#I know. This will be after all that is through. This is going to be a trip with my sons though, and their cousin, and their 4 sisters. It will be a…little get to together, so you know one another.#
Sakura went bug-eyed 0.0, and thought,
'We're going to…meet them!'
Tomoyo saw the shocked look on Sakura's face, and poked her in the side, getting a yelp. Sakura woke from her thoughts, glared at Tomoyo, and answered back,
"Yeah, I guess. But where are we going?"
#A private resort in the mountains. They have snowboarding, an indoor skate park, mall, and a rather more than private spa/springs. It has a forest and a beautiful view of mountains. You will be sharing a two bedroom suite with my daughters and their cousin. How does that sound?#
For some reason, Sakura was both excited and suspicious about the whole thing.
"We'd love to go. How about on Sunday, the wake is tomorrow." (today is Friday)
#Exactly what I'd have said. Well, I have to go now. Sayonara.#
"Ja ne!"
Sakura clicked off and put it back in her hoodie pocket, then told Tomoyo.
"We'll be going to a resort with Xiao Lang and Eli, their sisters, and their cousin. After everything's been taken care of. It's a 'get together' kind of thing."
"Really! Man…Mom really wants us out of the house, huh?"
"Guess so. And she wants us to eat a fast food lunch."
Tomoyo went 0.0.
"What! She never promoted fast food before!"
"Hmm."
"So, where we going?"
"Hey Kenji? Can we eat at Mc D's?"
Kenji all but screamed,
"Yes! We can actually eat!"
"…..?"
"Never mind…"
He droved to the closest McDonalds and went through the drive through,
"All right, what do you all want?"
"2 double cheeseburgers, medium fries, Sprite." –(Toshiro)
"10 nuggets, large fries, Dr. P." –(Akemi)
"Salad with creamy ranch, water." –(Teiji; I forgot to tell you, he's a vegetarian, rarely eats red meat except for when he needs the protein of real meat.)
"2 chicken sandwiches, large fry, Pepsi." –(Kioshi)
"Mighty Kids Meal, cheese burger, fries, Sprite." –(Miroku; he just likes small meals)
"2 big macs, large fries, Coke." –(Sakura)
"Ditto on Sakura!" –(Tomoyo)
Kenji looked at them,
"Well, cop up the-"
All of them whipped out their Yen before he finished -;
"Oh, never mind…"
When Kenji finished ordering and paying the cashier, and got their bags, he them went to the indoor skate park. They filed out with their boards and bags, the great smell of fries and burgers wafted through the air. (dude, I seriously am hungry for some big mac right now….I WANT BIG MACS! T-T)
They took a corner table in the resting area. The boys ate fast, and though I don't recommend it, they went to the rails, ramps, and in-pool. Sakura and Tomoyo ate slow, and were done, but they felt just like sitting down. A tv set in the corner was off, and since no one stopped her, Sakura clicked it to the news.
It was a flash report, and again, to the great piling annoyance of Sakura, it was about her. There was footage about the limo, her stepping into the morgue with Tomoyo, Yelan, limo again, at her house. They were going to show more, but Sakura was on the verger of breaking the TV, but she quickly changed it to anime network. She only sighed deeply,
"Why did I even bother becoming a skate boarder? All I get is people chasing me, stupid interviews, and people wanting you to do this or that or whatever…"
"Well, don't worry Sakura. One day they will stop and go after someone else. For now, you are just hot news. But you know, I think Ye-Mom will probably smooth things over and they'll leave us alone. You'll get through this, because I'm right here."
Sakura smiled sadly.
"Thanks, Tomoyo-chan. An for the record, I'm here for you too."
"Yeah, I know."
"Well, do you want to skate now, or wait?"
"Actually, let's wait. We have 3 cells, 2 wallets, and 2 cd players. We can't leave them here, and we can't take them with us out there. Let's hold for the guys to come back and watch our stuff."
Sakura was about to answer, but her cell phone rang,
"Moshi moshi?"
#Good afternoon, Empress Ying Fa. Why so glum?#
Sakura's face lit up,
"Yukito-chan? Your back already?"
#Yes, I took the first flight back to Tokyo. Why don't you go and enjoy your time with Madison. I know you both need to let it out.#
"But-"
#No buts, young lady. Now, go have fun.#
"Yes sir….will we…see you tonight?"
#That can not be told, as the stars are unforetold….#
"Technically no…"
#It means there is a possibility. I just have work to do tonight, so…we shall see, little cheery blossom. Ja ne.#
"Ja ne, Yue…"
Sakura was happy about hearing from him, but when he ordered her to do things, the stubbornness came out like a sore thumb, defying any one. She looked to Tomoyo,
(I wonder who that sounds like….everyone points to me geez…be at least a little nice I can't help but carry the stubborn and pride that few to this day carry….I am a wolf…)
"We just got orders to leave our stuff and go skate. Yukito has someone watching out for us."
Tomoyo nervously smiled as she sweat dropped,
"Boy, seeing you take orders...is…odd…"
"Yeah yeah. Trust me, I only follow the orders of the people I care about. Let's go before I start singing 'Hit me baby one more time' and I become a prep."
"Now, that would be just plain scary."
They left their things beside the boys', and then went to the side of the in-pool. A rush of energy burst in them as they looked down. And then they entered the darkness of the pit.
Author Commentary:
What's up? I am slowly typing this story out. I have typed out to 88 pages now, but I am stuck on page 221 in the notebook. This has been edited by my Beta Reader: magnolia-crescent. Thanks so much! and sorry for getting your name wrong with Wolf Jade's! I swear it was my computers fault! Later!